Alex Berman

For years after my husband's catastrophic injury, we lived not only with the life changing events of the injury, but also in a seemingly constant battle with his employer to obtain his lawful rights including home modifications to meet his needs for basic accessiblity to our home. Year after year an...d decade after decade we faced the dehumanizing world of rejection and dismissiveness for many of his needs. Most lawyers told us any pursuit for justice would be futile. Mediation after mediation failed. We seemed to have no recourse and sunk into a state of hopelessness and despair at these injustices on top of the massive injury. One day we found an advertisement for Berman and Kaufman Law Offices and gave them a call, fortunate in reaching Mr. Berman personally. We were astounded when he told us he would accept our case and felt he could help, but even then, we hesitated, not trusting or believing anyone could really help us. Finally, though, we accepted Mr. Berman's offer to help and today we are so grateful and thankful that we did. Not only did Mr. Berman join us in fighting the seemingly insurmountable fight, but he stood with us through all the ups and downs along the way, often at great personal inconvenience to himself. We cannot recommend Alex Berman and his colleagues and staff highly enough and feel both fortunate and blessed that this one man fought so hard alongside us to find some sense of justice for my husband. We are going to find a superman cape for him and send it as soon as possible and hope he will hang it on the wall in his office as a reminder of how much we admire and respect all he has done to help us. If you are searching for a comp lawyer who really cares and are lucky enough to have Alex Berman accept your case, know from our first hand experience that he will not let you down. My husband calls him the dragon slayer. I call him a lawyer with a big heart and the experience and integrity to find whatever justice is due.

Alex Berman is more than an excellent attorney. He is an extremely passionate advocate for injured workers, so much so, that he also spends his time trying to change the strict workers comp laws with the Michigan government. If you want to get him going, talk to him about work comp politics. This wa...s a great reassurance that Alex cares about me, my future and even the future for all injured workers in Michigan. Alex and the attorneys at his firm, especially Jeff Kaufman, did the very best job for me as they could under the law. My case was quite a big case and there was a lot involved. I was an industrial mechanic. I was considered a top employee with this company for over 12 years and I had awards to prove it. My hands got so bad that I could only work with my left hand. HR approached me to send me for testing, and they put me on work comp without giving me a choice. I was as good as fired. It was scary. At that point, I did research online with different attorneys, and I came across the Michigan workers comp lawyers. I called and asked some initial questions and then things got worse at work. I had some nerve testing that lead to carpal in both arms, which ended up to several surgeries. Alex laid out exactly what was going to happen with my lawsuit and what to expect from the existing work comp laws in Michigan. At first I had a hard time believing my company would treat me like this, but when it was all said and done, everything happened at work and with my case as he predicted. I got this valuable advice before even signing on with this law firm. Then I hired Alex, because my employer was trying to do anything they could to try and get me to settle for as cheap as possible. For example, state law says the employer has to send you a check every week, but the company is not fined until the check is six weeks late. So the company would wait until close to that deadline and then send me a check. They were doing this because they know you have to buy groceries and pay rent. You can only sustain that lifestyle until you start to get in trouble. It's very important to have a lawyer on your side that understands what's going on. I think Alex and Jeff were right on top when it comes to that. They also can explain the politics of the law - a lot of people don't know the changes that happened in work comp, since the governor took office. It's very unsettling, because there are not protections for workers. There are protections for the insurance companies, who are running the state. To go into a case like this without an attorney is just foolish. For lack of a better term, I was happy with Alex and Jeff's bedside manner. I was a working man, working 70-80 hours and putting my life on the line. My attorneys were there to support me when I was at my lowest, injured and afraid for my future. They spoke to me with compassion. At a point, I got to know them enough to where I knew stuff that was going on in their families and they understood what was happening with my family. I knew they were working on my case hard. I knew they had my best interest in mind. When I reached out with questions and concerns, they were there. When I would call, even the staff help me immediately no problem. Alex made it comfortable to go to court. He told me what's going to happen and what I needed to do, so I was completely prepared. There wasn't a lot on me anyway, because they already did the work for you, like refusing to accept the initial settlement offers from my employer. They wouldn't let me take less than I was entitled to. In the long run, the settlement they got me as high as possible, and substantial enough so I can position myself to support my family, buy a home and have nice vehicles. I would highly recommend Alex Berman and any attorney at his law firm.